[Imc-East.-Mediterr.] MADE IT TO GAZA

[Angela Godfrey-Goldstein]

For More Information:

Greta Berlin (Cyprus) +357 99 081 767 /  <mailto:iristulip at gmail.com>
iristulip at gmail.com 
Osama Qashoo (Cyprus)+44 783338 1660/ Angela Godfrey (Jerusalem)  +972 (0)54
736 6393 /  <mailto:angela at icahd.org> angela at icahd.org 

LARNACA - The Free Gaza Movement is delighted to announce that their third
boat, the Dignity, carrying 27 crew and passengers, arrived in Gaza at 8:10
Gaza time, in spite of Israeli threats to stop them. In the pouring rain,
the boat pulled into port amid cheers from the people of Gaza and tears from
the passengers.  David Schermerhorn, a crew member called an hour before the
boat entered Gazan waters to say, "There is a rainbow stretching across the
Mediterranean from where we are right now."

Yesterday, the Israeli Navy said they would stop our vessel once it reached
<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1032271.html> Israel's territorial
waters. Apparently to save face, they said they would harm our boat, arrest
us and tow us IF we entered Israeli waters. The problem for Israel is that
the Dignity had no intention of getting anywhere near those waters. 

One of the organizers, Huwaida Arraf, cheered, "Once again we've been able
to defy an unjust and illegal policy while the rest of the world is too
intimidated to do anything. Our small boat is a huge cry to the
international community to follow in our footsteps and open a lifeline to
the people of Gaza."

For the second time, the Free Gaza Movement has demonstrated that the might
of the Israeli Navy is no match for a small boat of human rights activists
determined to call to the attention of the world the occupation of the
people of Gaza.

Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, member of the Palestinian Legislative Council added,
"Despite the injustice against the Palestinian people, we believe in justice
and will keep on trying to break Israel's siege. The occupation has divided
the Palestinians, but our non-violent resistance has united us."

Osama Qashoo, one of the organizers of the Free Gaza Movement, is overjoyed
for the second time in three months, "We are all capable of leading a
non-violent and effective movement to end Israeli Apartheid and expose the
injustice that has been meted out to the Palestinians. We in the Free Gaza
Movement have provided the new dictionary, it's up to the Palestinians and
Israelis and Internationals to add the words."

Greta Berlin, Free Gaza Movement, www.freegaza.org
Photos freely available (no copyright) of the launch, etc.:
www.flickr.com/photos/29205195 at N02/

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